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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Keratotomy involving a radial pattern of incisions, used to reduce or correct myopia.
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- noun an eye surgery procedure to correct
myopia (near-sightedness) using a series of incisions in thecornea , radiating from a central point (hence radial).
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- noun radial pattern of incisions in the cornea that cause the cornea to bulge; performed to correct myopia
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radial + kerat- + -otomy
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